· Private foundation
Michael and Karen Carsley Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k11 grants · $8k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DE LA SALLE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP | $10,000 |
| OPEN HEARTS AND HOMES | $3,000 |
| ST JUDE | $1,000 |
| ST CLEMENT OF ROME HISPANIC MINISTRY | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
| MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY | $500 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
| B INSPIRED PHILADELPHIA INC | $250 |
| RESPECT FOR LIFE FOUNDATION CO OF ST KIERAN | $200 |
| ST VINCENT DEPAUL | $200 |
| KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS | $200 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY24–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 21% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
2 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 2 of the 13 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Michael and Karen Carsley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michael and Karen Carsley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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